Peter Genovese is a food/features writer for nj.com. The Trenton native is the author of 12 books on food, Jersey diners, the Jersey Shore, US 1, New York pizza, Americana.
Beneath an unassuming Garden State Parkway bridge over the Mullica River is a hidden piece of history — the remnants of an epic battle launched by the British in October 1778 in one of the first South Jersey attacks from the water during theToday, the remains of the historic battle — fought 245 years ago this Friday — are found in four shipwrecks in the river uncovered by local researchers, scuba divers and Stockton University students.
So far, researchers have identified four centuries-old schooners at depths ranging from 14 to 40 feet underwater in the Mullica River about 10 miles from Atlantic City. Divers have also been able to retrieve artifacts from the decaying ships including beads, glass bottles and bricks. Privateers were essentially government-sanctioned pirates, according to Nagiewicz. They obtained letters of marque, or permission from the local government, to capture British ships and sell them at auctions to support George Washington’s Continental Army.
The battle was a loss for the Continental Army, but the port was so resilient that within a month after the British departed the area on October 15, 1778, it was fully operational again, Goos said.built in 1911 to commemorate the Battle of Chestnut Neck. In the mid-1980s, a group of local New Jersey divers located the shipwrecks of the Bead and the Cramer. The Bead was named after the dozens of glass trading beads found on the boat that were likely used to trade with Native Americans, according to local historians
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